Activities

Director:
Rob Muller, PhD

Chairs:
Sarah Fisher, LCSW
Carter Thornton, LP, LCAT

Film Night at WCSPP occurs twice a year, typically in the fall and in the spring. It’s a time for us, as a community, to share clinical perspectives on remarkable movies that we view, often coming from other cultures and sometimes from our own. The films we watch share a common thread: they all speak to the depths of who we are as people and the ways, influenced by culture, that we live, mourn, love, suffer, and manage challenge. CE credits are available for those who attend.

Chairs:
Bilha Goldberg, LCSW
Constance Haslett, PhD

Chairs:
Coren Schwartz, LCSW
Janet Shimer, LCSW, MBA

The LDEC has invited seasoned analysts as guest speakers to encourage analytic graduates back into learning within our community. Prior seminars include:

Jeffrey Guss, MD — Psychedelics and Psychoanalysis
Jill Salberg, PhD — Termination
Erica Forest, LCSW — Masked/Internalized Autism
Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD — Working with Somatic Implicit Aspects of Trauma
Jean Petrucelli, PhD — Eating Disorders from a Relational/Interpersonal Perspective

The LDEC also encourages study group formations to encourage faculty supervisors to lead courses where graduates from other training programs can engage with each other while gearing up for future teaching opportunities. The LDEC matches peer advisors with incoming candidates to provide frank support and engagement.

Chair:
Julie Willstatter, LCSW

Directors:
Randi Berdon, LCSW-R
Sarah Morton, LCSW

Associate Directors:
Janit Bliss, LCSW-R (Couples)
Sarah Fisher, LCSW (CAPP)

Chair:
Kenneth Barish, PhD – KBarish280@aol.com

The Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP sponsors a series of Friday evening speakers on a wide range of topics relevant to the practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Consistent with the pluralistic mission and ethos of our institute, our scientific meetings present diverse opinions and theoretical perspectives. Recent meetings, for example, have addressed working with grief in psychotherapy, multiple listening perspectives in psychodynamic therapy, better understanding of children with autism, a new understanding of perception of aggression in women, and ethical issues in psychoanalytic practice. CE credits are available for those who attend.